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ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS

(virtual graduation ceremony)

The Chancellor will constitute the Congregation.

The Vice-Chancellor will welcome the Congregation.

The Chancellor will confer degrees in absentia.

Honorary Doctorate Ms Latozi Madosini Mpahleni

Degree of Doctor of Music, Honoris Causa.

Vice-Chancellor’s Book Award

Professor Sam Naidu

The National Anthem.

The Chancellor will dissolve the Congregation.

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INKQUBO

(uthweso-zidanga lwamajelo asemoyeni)

UNgqonyela umisela iNgqungquthela.

USekelangqonyela wamkela iNgqungquthela.

UNgqonyela unikezela ngezidanga neediploma kubaninizo

abangekhoyo phambi kwakhe.

ULatozi Madosini Mpahleni uwongwa ngesiDanga sobuGqirhalwazi

kwezoMculo, Honoris Causa.

IMbasa kaSekelangqonyela yeNcwadi egqwesileyo

UNjingalwazi Sam Naidu

UMhobe weSizwe.

UNgqonyela uvala iNgqungquthela.

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VOLGORDE VAN VERRIGTINGE

(virtuele gradeplegtigheid)

Die Kanselier sal die vergadering tot orde roep.

Die Vise-Kanselier sal die vergadering verwelkom.

Die Kanselier sal grade in absentia toeken.

Eredoktoraat Me. Latozi Madosini Mpahleni

Doktorsgraad in Musiek, Honoris Causa.

Vise-Kanselier se Boektoekenning

Professor Sam Naidu

Die Volkslied.

Die Kanselier sal die vergadering verdaag.

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FACULTY OF HUMANITIES

DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SOCIAL SCIENCE

ABRAHAMS, Rochelle Justine

BATYI, Axola, with distinction in Organisational Psychology

BENGE, Amia Tayla

BHALA, Sibonokuhle Palesa

BOSMAN, Thobeka Pamela

CHALIRA, Michelle Yankho

CHAYIRA, Rudaviro Mitchelle

CHINENGUNDU, Cleopatra Rumbidzai

CLAASEN, Jarod

COETZEE, Khauho Mercy

CRISSWELL, Matthew Michael

DALE, Ailish Keeva

DAMOYI, Siphokazi

DELPORT, Jodi Angela Chaplin, with distinction in Anthropology

DINGANI, Sifiso Thandiwe, with distinction in Organisational

Psychology

DLAMINI, Tracy Tengetile

DOS REIS, Chloé Laura

DYWILI, Weziwe Akhona

FAKU, Zikhona

FOURIE, Shane Nikita

GARLICK, Leigh Rina, with distinctions in Psychology and

Sociology

GAUSHE, Ikho Emily

GCASAMBA, Khanyisa

GOSCHEN, Sarah Jessica

GUDZA, Tashinga Jonathan

HERBERT, Jessica Lesley

HLALETHOA, Khanyisile Pearl

HLATSHWAYO, Simphiwe Khombisile

HLAZO, Wami

HODZI, Precious Joyce

HOLLIDAY, Justin Wayne

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HUGHES, Jami

IBRAHIM, Nosipho Casey

JACK, Vuyo

JACOBS, Blaine Anthony

JACOBS, Zusiphe Ranate

JOKA, Nicole

JOKAZI, Liyabukwa Akhona

KAGWERE, Audrey Sophia

KANASE, Mpolise

KEKANA, Lineo

KHOELE, Lineo

KHOMO, Mhleli Mmukeleni Aerial

KHOROMBI, Sherlyn Andani

KHUMALO, Mbali Siphesihle, with distinctions in Journalism &

Media Studies and Political & International Studies and

Sociology

KOLISCH, Imma Elisabeth

KRUGER, Christo, with distinction in Organisational Psychology

KULATI, Kanya

KUNENE, Noluthando

KWELETA, Thabiso

LE ROUX, Kelsey Jessica

LESORO, Thato

LIBERA, Cameron Roy

LINKS, Jamie-Lee Robyn, with distinctions in Legal Theory

and Organisational Psychology

LISHI, Lutendo Innocentia

LOSE, Simnikiwe

MABELANE, Tshwanelo Innocent

MADAKANA, Sinazo

MADZIVA, Simbaraishe

MAGANCA, Lerato

MAHLAMVU, Zizipo Xolela

MAKELE, Athenkosi

MAKOLA, Cooperation Mamphotleng, with distinction

in Organisational Psychology

MALINGA, Ntokozo Keabetswe Valentia

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MANAKA, Bradley Makwena

MANDENGENDA, Naomi Mazvita Tanaka

MAPOSA, Nigel Isheanesu

MAPOSA, Ruth Rutendo

MAQABANGQA, Luvuyo Ernest

MAQWELANE, Zenande, with distinction in Organisational

Psychology

MASEKELA, Bolebohi Tswelopele

MASHELE, Xiluva Hlekani

MATSABA, Thabo Johnsen

MATSENA, Mbali

MATSHEKA, Keletso Pearl

MBAMBO, Phakamile Siphokazi, with distinction in Organisational

Psychology

MBONDA, Simphiwe

MBONWA, Viwe

MEMELA, Solethu Zuko Pawulwethu

MES, Nike Francis, with distinctions in Psychology and Sociology

MFENYANA, Anelisa, with distinctions in isiXhosa and Psychology

MHLARI, Shadine Vutivi

MKHUNYANE, Thuliswa

MKOKO, Yandiswa

MNCUBE, Delisiwe Cebile

MNGOMA, Fanelemasimbong'Onamandla Kusaselihle Nondabenhle

MOLATO, Dibuseng Franscina

MONKHE, Palesa Keneuwe, with distinction in Sociology

MORE, Malehlohonolo

MOREKI, Onkgarabetsi

MORLEY, Ryan Dominic

MOSIKIDI, Paballo

MOTEANE, Baitsheki Keamogetse

MPABANGA, Simthembile Sinqobile

MSIRIKALE, Lillian

MTHEMBI, Akani

MTWA, Zikhona Asanda

MUHITA, Takudzwa Lennon

MURERI, Buhlebenkosi Judith

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MUVUMBA, Nikomba

NAIDU, Shamikan

NDABVONGA, Takudzwa Benedict

NDOU, Kabelo Esther

NDZILILI, Ayanda Simphiwe

NEBBE, Kelsey Ann, with distinction in Psychology

NGALWANA, Siyavuya

NGOMBE, Mwiza Assan

NGQOKOQWANE, Khaya

NIKANI, Mbongeni

NKAMBULE, Leboghang Makghoshi

NKATSHA, Sanelisiwe

NKOMOZAKE, Phumelele

NODO, Aphelele Anelisiwe

NTLAKAZA, Zuko

NXUMALO, Simphiwe

NYAMUTAMBO, Chenai

NYANDA, Uzuqaqambe

PASIWE, Qhamisa Ebony

PAULSER, Tashana

PENANE, Mapenane Alphoncinah

PERKES, Chili David

PERUMAL, Kerishnie

PETERSON, Chandrë Richard

PHEWA, Zamaphathwa Sandra, with distinction in Psychology

PHILLIPS, Sheldon York Worthington

PINYANA, Lwandisa

PITA, Anathi, with distinction in isiXhosa

PUTYE, Siphosihle

QWABE, Nolwazi Promise

QWIBI, Nonkosinathi

REY, Natacha Marie Christiane

RUBUSHE, Somilangaye

RWANQA, Luthando Neo

SAME, Nkosinaye

SCHOLTZ, Daniel Bryan

SEGAPO, Kagiso Mary-Ann

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SHABANGU, Princess Noxolo Nonhlanhla

SHNIER, Tarryn Kaela

SHONIWA, Sharon

SIBISI, Mbali

SIBISI, Ntokozo Penelope

SIDZIYA, Ngoza

SIMANDLA, Banele

SIYO, Busisiwe

SMILE, Asisipo Clement

SMITH, Rowena Gertrude

SOJOLI, Zenande

TAKANE, Anelisa

TAMSANQA, Anelisiwe

THABETHE, Ayanda Snenhlanhla, with distinction in Organisational

Psychology

THERON, Kessia Lang

THINTA, Nomonde

THOMAS, Marcus Brendan

THYSE, Jake Malik

TIMANA, Nwabisa Sweetness

TSHABALALA, Charmaine

TSHOTWANA, Anam Sibabalwe

TUKULU, Namhla Lisa

VAN DER BIJL, Kristiaan Johannes

VAN NOORDWYK, Greg

VESSIO, Daniele Geronimo Maurizio

VUMAZONKE, Ntsikelelo

WELCOME, Curwin Brandon

XOLO, Mncedisi Luyanda

YAKO, Linda Nomawonga

YENGOPAL, Tharushin

YOUNG, Celine Brittany

ZABO, Athule, with distinction in Organisational Psychology

ZONKE, Mzoxolo

ZVIDANDE-JOHN, Nothando Yolanda

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DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS WITH HONOURS

AALTO, Lucille Elizabeth, in English, with distinction

AMWIINE, Newton, in Sociology

BABAYA, Nicholas Edmunds, in Chinese Studies, with

distinction

BAHEMIA, Waseem Osman, in Journalism & Media Studies

BALAKISI, Siphosethu Felicia, in Drama

BANGAJENA, Tinotenda Lisa, in Psychology

BOISITS, Nikita Elfrieda, in Economics

BORCHARD, Shaurissa, in Human Kinetics & Ergonomics

BOTHA, Chelsea May, in Environmental Science

BOUWER, Amy Leigh, in English, with distinction

BRUWER, Guillaume Marcel Xavier, in Economics, with

distinction

CENTWA, Siyanda, in Philosophy

CHOWLES, Michaela, in Human Kinetics & Ergonomics, with

distinction

CLARKE, Justine Anna, in History

COLDREY, Victoria Kate, in Development Studies

COLLINS, Rebecca Kathlyn, in Political & International Studies

CONNELLY, Declan, in English/History

DARIES, Mikaela Ann, in Linguistics & Applied Language Studies,

with distinction

DAVIES, Kyra-Aynsli, in English, with distinction

DE KLERK, Charlotte Emily, in English

DE KORT, Jade Lesley, in Sociology

DLUDLA, Fundiswa, in Political & International Studies

DRYSDALE, Courtney Mae, in English

DU TOIT, Tegan Anne, in Psychology, with distinction

EAPEN, Pamela Ann, in Chinese Studies/English, with

distinction

FERIS, Eric-John Ricardo, in Psychology

FORDER, Axl Blake, in Drama, with distinction

FRASER, Melissa Samantha, in Linguistics & Applied Language

Studies

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FUHNER, Melissa Ashleigh, in English/Geography,

with distinction

GESWENDT, Brad Patrick, in Drama

GIDLANA, Lusanda, in Economics

GITONGA, Eric Mwenda, in Drama, with distinction

GLOGAUER, Tamarisk-Ray, in Drama, with distinction

GRANT, Savannah, in Geography

GRAY, Wai'Oca, in Psychology, with distinction

GRECIA, Hadley, in Philosophy, with distinction

GREEN, Erryn Mae, in Human Kinetics & Ergonomics

GREEN, Rafe Luke, in Drama

HANISE, Bongani, in Sociology

HELDERS, Micaela Mari, in Psychology, with distinction

HEWITT, Grant David, in Environmental Water Management

ISMAIL WAZAR, Mishka, in History, with distinction

JACOBS, Venetia, in History

KAPEPULA, Natasha, in Development Studies/Political &

International Studies

KARONGA, Sungeni Ruth, in Environmental Science

KELEMI, Anelisa Kuhle, in Psychology

KLOPPERS, Joshua, in Philosophy, with distinction

KRUGER, Thomas Ian, in Psychology, with distinction

KUBHEKA, Ntuthuko Nompumelelo, in Drama, with distinction

KUDZINGANA, Tshilidzi, in Linguistics & Applied Language Studies

LANGENI, Alungile Dalubuhle Salby, in Industrial & Economic

Sociology/Journalism & Media Studies

LWANA, Bamanye, in Organisational Psychology

MABUSELA, Andiswa, in Environmental Science

MADIKANE, Vuyani Sihle, in Organisational Psychology

MADIKWA, Esona Landile Vuyelwa, in African Languages

MADLALA, Xoliswa Faithfull, in Political & International Studies

MAGQAZA, Landiso, in History/Journalism & Media Studies, with

distinction

MAHOTE, Nkosinathi, in Psychology

MAJOKWENI, Ezam Indipile, in Philosophy/Political & International

Studies

MAKHETHA, Relebohile, in Organisational Psychology

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MAKONI, Noel Mduduzi, in Political & International Studies

MANGXA, Thulani, in Political & International Studies

MARAIS, Andrew Mark, in English

MARALA, Bonganjalo Siseko, in Political & International Studies

MARKHAM, Simone Adrienne, in Psychology, with distinction

MASIA, Ntombifutuhi, in Psychology

MATEANE, Warona Pulane, in Psychology

MBOFANA, Gamuchirai Ruwadzano, in Political & International

Studies

MC CARTHY, Ryan Aidan, in Human Kinetics & Ergonomics

MERLE, Nicolas Lawrence, in Drama, with distinction

MGODUKA, Zokuphumza Asemahle, in Political & International

Studies

MGQOBELE, Sinazo, in Political & International Studies

MIA, Chévon Fabian, in Human Kinetics & Ergonomics

MICHAU, Paul-Luc, in Environmental Science, with distinction

MLAMBO, Hlengiwe Nozibusiso, in African Languages/Psychology

MMOPI, Refilwe Tebo Charmaine, in Psychology, with distinction

MOABELO, Sebo Kgomotsoane, in Drama

MOGONONG, Laurah Carolina, in Psychology

MONA, Chumani, in Human Kinetics & Ergonomics

MONZE, Luale Joyce, in Journalism & Media Studies, with

distinction

MOSEHLE, Nteboheleng Margaret, in Journalism & Media Studies

MOYO, Vuyelwa O'Lacy, in Music & Musicology

MPUKU, Mutale Natasha Muchule, in Economics, with distinction

MSALI, Viwe, in Art History

MUSESENGWA, Fungai, in Political & International Studies

NAIDOO, Prenesa, in English

NAMANE, Keolebogile Boipelo, in Organisational Psychology

NCAMANI, Masedi Livo, in Chinese Studies/Political & International

Studies

NJOROGE, Samuel Mwangi, in Political & International Studies

NKANYANE, Nkateko, in Political & International Studies

NQWENISO, Sinazo, in Art History

NTSOKOLO, Lubabalo Phila, in Philosophy

OBONYO, Kevin, in Economics, with distinction

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OREKENG, Karabo Sekailwe, in Economics

PARRISH, Michael Liam, in Psychology, with distinction

PATHER, Jodie Roman, in Art History

PHIKE, Hloniphile Thibogang John-Otto, in Drama

PHUNGULA, Nothando Nongcebo, in Political & International Studies

PRETORIUS, Griselda, in Psychology

QAMPI, Wendy Tsepiso, in Journalism & Media Studies

RACHAMOSE, Ngokwana Claudit, in Psychology

RALEPHATA, Takalani, in Drama

RIKHOTSO, Siviwe, in Political & International Studies

RUTAGERUKA, Brian Novat, in Industrial & Economic Sociology

SAM, Micayla, in Art History

SAUER, Jacqueline, in Psychology, with distinction

SEBONI, Lesedi, in Political & International Studies

SEOKE, Duncan, in Industrial & Economic Sociology

SIBISI, Noluthando Mpho, in Drama/English

SIKWEZA, Sisipho, in History

SINTU, Siyachuma Sandisiwe, in Political & International Studies

SITOLE, Sivuyile, in Political & International Studies

SIZANI, Simbulele, in Industrial & Economic Sociology

SMITH, Emily Anne, in Psychology, with distinction

SPYKER, Jessica Grace, in Sociology, with distinction

STANLEY, Lauren Anne, in Linguistics & Applied Language Studies

STURGEON, Benjamin William Molteno, in Computer Science

TAVENGWA, Noleen Shamiso, in Environmental Water Management

TAYLOR, Jordan Brooke, in English, with distinction

THOMAS, Jethro Dylan, in Drama

THOMAS, Kaylyn Kristen, in Organisational Psychology

TIMMER, Paige India, in Psychology, with distinction

TLHAKO, Manoko Francisca, in Drama/English

TOCKNELL, Jenna-Lee Sarah, in Human Kinetics & Ergonomics,

with distinction

TOM, Phiwokuhle Zinathi, in African Languages

TOYISI, Zanele Jacqueline, in Environmental Science

UYS, Ciske, in Chinese Studies, with distinction

VENTER, Lara Frances, in Linguistics & Applied Language Studies

WALLY, Game Oabile, in Psychology, with distinction

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WANG, Zixiao, in Economics, with distinction

WILIMA, David, in Political & International Studies

XIMBA, Uvile Memory Samkelisiwe, in Drama/Political &

International Studies, with distinction

YASE, Phiwokuhle, in African Languages

YOSE, Chwayita, in Psychology

ZUNGU, Nomvelo Bulelwa, in Psychology

DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS

ABRAHAMS, Sanaa, BAHons (Rhodes), in Philosophy, with

distinction, in the Department of Philosophy. Degree by coursework

and thesis. Thesis: Understanding of biological teleology from a natural

perspective.

ADEBAYO, Binwe, BJourn (Rhodes), in Journalism & Media Studies,

in the School of Journalism and Media Studies. Degree by coursework

and thesis. Thesis: Exploring socialites on Black Twitter: an

ethnographic study of everyday concerns of South African users in

2018 and 2019.

AINSLIE, Michelle, BScHons (UNISA), in Creative Writing, with

distinction, in the School of Languages and Literatures. Degree by

coursework and thesis. Thesis: 300 Grams.

BENNIE, Rachel Michaella, BAHons (Rhodes), in Counselling

Psychology, in the Department of Psychology. Degree by coursework

and thesis. Thesis: A Q-methodological approach to audience reception

of public awareness messages on sexual violence.

BOB, Shaka Keny, BAHons (Midlands State), in Social Policy and

Labour Studies, with distinction, in the Institute of Social and

Economic Research. Degree by thesis. Thesis: Decent work and

informal employment: the case of Bulawayo Metropolitan Province

(Central Business District), Zimbabwe.

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BOQO, Bella Makhulu, BJourn, PGDip (Media Management)

(Rhodes), in Journalism & Media Studies, with distinction, in the

School of Journalism and Media Studies. Degree by coursework and

thesis. Thesis: Making sense of a scam: MMM mutual fund participants

in Kagiso negotiate dissenting mainstream news coverage on social

media.

BOSMAN, Zoë June, BAHons (Rhodes), in English, with distinction,

in the Department of Literary Studies in English. Degree by thesis.

Thesis: Chasing Eden: Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam Trilogy and

the Value of Reading in a Technological Age.

BOTES, Niki, BAHons (Rhodes), in English, in the Department of

Literary Studies in English. Degree by thesis. Thesis: Detecting the

Transnational Space: Metaphysical Detectives in Kazuo Ishiguro's

When We Were Orphans, Michiel Heyns's Lost Ground, and Amitav

Ghosh's The Calcutta Chromosome.

CAMPBELL, Laura Mary, PhD (UKZN), in Creative Writing, with

distinction, in the School of Languages and Literatures. Degree by

coursework and thesis. Thesis: Whatever You Say.

CHRISTIE, Camilla Rose, MA (UCT), in Linguistics & Applied

Language Studies, with distinction, in the Department of English

Language and Linguistics. Degree by coursework and thesis.

Thesis: Khoekhoe Lexical Borrowing in Namaqualand Afrikaans.

CHRISTISON, Michael Alan, BAHons (Rhodes), in Psychology, in the

Department of Psychology. Degree by thesis. Thesis: The relevance of

Industrial/Organisational Psychology research in ‘post’

colonial/apartheid South Africa: exploring the views of academics.

COLLETT, Keenan Dale, BAHons (Rhodes), in English, in the

Department of Literary Studies in English. Degree by thesis. Thesis:

“How can you build a nation without telling its stories?” Transgressive,

Testimonial Fiction in Post-TRC South Africa.

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CRAIG, Ashleigh Jane, BSocSciHons (Rhodes), in Clinical

Psychology, in the Department of Psychology. Degree by coursework

and thesis. Thesis: ‘This sea of darkness, craziness and opportunity’:

students’ experiences of depression and social identities at a South

African university.

DAY, John David, BAHons (Cornerstone Institute), in Counselling

Psychology, in the Department of Psychology. Degree by coursework

and thesis. Thesis: An interpretative-phenomenological analysis of

experiences of front line police officers in the Eastern Cape.

DINGLE, Teresa Anne, BAHons (Rhodes), in English, in the

Department of Literary Studies in English. Degree by thesis. Thesis: “A

thousand mad things before breakfast”: The interplay of reason and

imagination in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series.

DOLAMO, Zipho Morakane, BAHons (Rhodes), in Psychology, in the

Department of Psychology. Degree by thesis. Thesis: “Fag hags”:

resisting and/or reinforcing heteronormativity in friendship dyads.

DUKAS, Graham Gerald, BArch (UCT), in Creative Writing, with

distinction, in the School of Languages and Literatures. Degree by

coursework and thesis. Thesis: Nine stories.

FLATAU, Carl Scott Cartner, BSocSciHons (Rhodes), in Industrial &

Economic Sociology, in the Department of Sociology. Degree by

coursework and thesis. Thesis: The impact of labour legislation on

HRM processes.

FRANS, Nompumelelo Grace, BEdHons (Rhodes) in African

Languages, in the School of Languages and Literatures. Degree by

thesis. Thesis: Voluntary learner activities through the lens of a teacher-

researcher in a bi-literacy project in a township school.

GAMEDZE, Ayanda, BAHons (Rhodes), in Industrial & Economic

Sociology, in the Department of Sociology. Degree by coursework and

thesis.

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Thesis: When the rainbow is ‘enuf’: Black postgraduate women's

experiences of higher education and institutional culture - a case study

of Rhodes University.

GELDENHUYS, Jesamé, BJourn (Rhodes), in Journalism & Media

Studies, in the School of Journalism and Media Studies. Degree by

coursework and thesis. Thesis: An alternative history for the future of

South African Journalism: exploring the possibilities of digital media

for telling history through multiple voices.

GOUWS, Leigh-Anne Evadne, in Creative Writing, with distinction,

in the School of Languages and Literatures. Degree by coursework and

thesis. Thesis: Come listen quickly.

GUMBO, Eugene Tinashe, BAHons (Rhodes), in Industrial &

Economic Sociology, in the Department of Sociology. Degree by

coursework and thesis. Thesis: Exploring the perceptions and opinions

of workers on the eruption of strikes and their impact on the collective

bargaining negotiation process: a study of the SAMWU led municipal

worker strike of 2018 in Port Elizabeth.

HAINE, Phillipa Claire, BAHons (Stell) in Counselling Psychology, in

the Department of Psychology. Degree by coursework and thesis.

Thesis: Life after training: exploring the experiences of recently

qualified clinical and counselling psychologists in South Africa.

HARRISON, Francis James, BAHons (UCT) in Creative Writing, with

distinction, in the School of Languages and Literatures. Degree by

coursework and thesis. Thesis: ‘Red’ and other short stories.

HARTLE, Raymond Thomas, BAHons (Rhodes), in Development

Studies, with distinction, in the Department of Sociology. Degree by

coursework and thesis. Thesis: ‘Why me, Lord?’ Factors associated

with receipt of a donor heart.

HLATSHWAYO, Thina Ntombifikile, BAHons (Rhodes), in

Psychology, in the Department of Psychology. Degree by thesis.

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Thesis: Rethinking corporate social responsibility in the mining

industry: focusing on the recipients’ perspectives.

HUBBARD, Beatrice Elizabeth Anne, BAHons (Rhodes), in

Linguistics & Applied Language Studies, with distinction, in the

Department of English Language and Linguistics. Degree by thesis.

Thesis: ‘Savage’ hair and mother's hearts: a corpus-based critical

discourse analysis of intersectional identities in two South African

school setworks.

JONES, Megaera, BAHons (Rhodes), in Psychology, with distinction,

in the Department of Psychology. Degree by thesis. Thesis: A rhetorical

discursive analysis of rape culture talk at Rhodes University.

KABWATO, Levison Marlon, PGDip (Media Management) (Rhodes),

in Political & International Studies, in the Department of Political and

International Studies. Degree by coursework and thesis. Thesis:

Analysing Thomas Sankara’s political thought and practice in the

context of the politics of radical African nationalism and its

contemporary relevance.

KAMFER, Ronelda Seunet, BAHons (UWC), in Creative Writing,

with distinction, in the School of Languages and Literatures. Degree

by thesis. Thesis: Chinatown.

KGAME, Mbali Rosemary, BA (Journ) (UJ), in Creative Writing, with

distinction, in the School of Languages and Literatures. Degree by

coursework and thesis. Thesis: A skin that took them through.

KIRSTEN, Ashton Lauren, BAHons (Pret), in English, with

distinction, in the Department of Literary Studies in English. Degree

by thesis. Thesis: Johannesburg as Dystopia: South African science

fiction as political criticism.

LANG, Bradley, BAHons (Rhodes), in Drama, in the Department of

Drama. Degree by coursework and thesis. Thesis: Swamps and skies:

telling the story of colonisation through animation.

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LE DU, Bridgitte Maja, BAHons (NMMU), in Linguistics & Applied

Language Studies, with distinction, in the Department of English

Language and Linguistics. Degree by thesis. Thesis: Mapping poetic

patterns of evoked appraisal: an exploratory study of interactional

identities in a narrative account.

LEKOMA, Bame Dirakano, BMS (Botswana), in Journalism & Media

Studies, in the School of Journalism and Media Studies. Degree by

coursework and thesis. Thesis: Reporting on home: how journalists

from rural Botswana experience covering rural development while

working at the Botswana Daily News.

LEYNE, Breda Maria, PGDip (Legal Practice) (The College of Law),

in African Languages, in the School of Languages and Literatures.

Degree by thesis. Thesis: Multilingualism, innovation and productivity:

an examination of the impact of multilingualism in the workplace, with

reference to the BRICS countries.

MAGADE, Mncedi, MA (Rhodes), in Creative Writing, in the School

of Languages and Literatures. Degree by coursework and thesis. Thesis:

It’s my hand that wrote!

MAKGAKGE, Rebecca Dineo, BAHons (Rhodes), in Political &

International Studies, in the Department of Political and International

Studies. Degree by coursework and thesis. Thesis: A comparison of

representations of the imperative of higher education change as

‘transformation’ versus ‘decolonisation’ in South African public

discourse.

MALL, Shireen, BAHons (UWC), in Creative Writing, in the School of

Languages and Literatures. Degree by coursework and thesis. Thesis:

Softboi.

MALULEKE, Vuyelwa, BA (Dramatic Arts) (Wits), in Creative

Writing, with distinction, in the School of Languages and Literatures.

Degree by coursework and thesis. Thesis: Falling towards the centre.

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MAPELE, Nomonde Patience, BPsych (WSU), in Clinical Psychology,

in the Department of Psychology. Degree by coursework and thesis.

Thesis: The long road to Rhodes University: narratives of first

generation students whose mothers are/were domestic workers.

MAQUBELA, Zikisa Mamkeli, PGCert (Enterprise Management)

(Rhodes), in Industrial & Economic Sociology, in the Department of

Sociology. Degree by coursework and thesis. Thesis: The impact of

minimum wages on small firms.

MASOMBUKA, Thobekile Hlobisile, BAHons (UJ), in Creative

Writing, with distinction, in the School of Languages and Literatures.

Degree by coursework and thesis. Thesis: Cherry.

MATHURINE, Kim Elizabeth, BJourn (Rhodes), in Journalism &

Media Studies, with distinction, in the School of Journalism and

Media Studies. Degree by coursework and thesis. Thesis: An

ideological analysis of the construction of the young female action hero

as feminist hero in the ‘Hunger Games’ film franchise.

MATYOBENI, Thandiwe, PGDip (Journalism) (Rhodes), in

Journalism & Media Studies, in the School of Journalism and Media

Studies. Degree by coursework and thesis. Thesis: Reporting drought:

framing an anthropogenic natural disaster in the South African

mainstream publication, City Press, over three years (2015-2018).

MBUNGWANA, Mthunzikazi Anita, Dip (Public Relations) (UNISA),

in Creative Writing, in the School of Languages and Literatures.

Degree by coursework and thesis. Thesis: Ukuchichimala Kwechweba.

MGWILI, Thab'Sile, BAHons (Rhodes), in Industrial & Economic

Sociology, in the Department of Sociology. Degree by coursework and

thesis. Thesis: Rhodes University students’ experiences of living as

students on National Student Financial Aid (NSFAS) funding.

MOKWENA, Palesa Antoinette Venolia, Dip (Fine Art) (TUT), in Art

History, with distinction, in the Department of Fine Art. Degree by

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thesis. Thesis: Creative Production and Existential Thought: A feminist

existential analysis of South African visual artist Berni Searle's artwork.

MOLOBELA, Reabetswe Lee-Anne, MA (UNISA), in Clinical

Psychology, in the Department of Psychology. Degree by coursework

and thesis. Thesis: The global gag rule and its implication for South

Africa's abortion infringement of sexual reproductive health rights and

freedom.

MOLUBO, Rendani Gabriela, BAHons (Rhodes), in African

Languages, in the School of Languages and Literatures. Degree by

thesis. Thesis: A critical appraisal of Saule's portrayal of women as

Amadelakufa (resilient).

MOTSISI, Mmatumisang Keleabetswe Wabafenyi, BAHons (Rhodes),

in Drama, with distinction, in the Department of Drama. Degree by

coursework and thesis. Thesis: She ass’d for it: performing willful

nudity as feminist trouble-making in Dumela Mosadi.

MSIMANG, Lethokuhle Tapuwa, BA (American University of Paris),

in Creative Writing, with distinction, in the School of Languages and

Literatures. Degree by coursework and thesis. Thesis: The frightened.

MSOMI, Nqobile Nomonde, BSocSciHons (Rhodes), in Counselling

Psychology, with distinction, in the Department of Psychology.

Degree by coursework and thesis. Thesis: Discursive constructions of

pregnant women who consume alcohol, in an intervention aimed at

reducing foetal alcohol disorders.

MTENGWA, Tamuka Phumelela Msawenkosi, PGDip (Media &

Communication) (Zimbabwe), BFA (Rhodes), in Journalism & Media

Studies, in the School of Journalism and Media Studies. Degree by

coursework and thesis. Thesis: Social meanings made by selected

Grahamstown audiences of the gender dynamics in selected South

African commercial Hip-hop videos.

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MTIRARA, Zodwa, Dip (Music Education) (NMMU), in Creative

Writing, in the School of Languages and Literatures. Degree by

coursework and thesis. Thesis: Ingqumbo Yomthondo Kukuzika

Kohlanga.

MUMBA, Lomadinga, BA (Zambia), in Development Studies, with

distinction, in the Department of Sociology. Degree by coursework and

thesis. Thesis: Investigating the impact of emotional labour on full-

time, permanent academic staff in the social sciences departments at

Rhodes University.

MUSIYANDAKA, Tariro Henrietta, BSocSciHons (Rhodes), in

Development Studies, with distinction, in the Department of

Sociology. Degree by coursework and thesis. Thesis: Understanding the

livelihoods of Zimbabwean informal traders in South Africa: the case

of Makhanda.

MUZENDA, Makomborero, BJourn (Rhodes), in Journalism & Media

Studies, with distinction, in the School of Journalism and Media

Studies. Degree by coursework and thesis. Thesis: Whose Wakanda is

it anyway? A reception analysis of Black Panther among young black

urban Africans.

MVABAZA, Aviwe, BAHons (Rhodes), in African Languages, in the

School of Languages and Literatures. Degree by thesis. Thesis:

A critique of translated (isiXhosa to English) sworn statements by the

South African Police Service.

NDLEBE-SEPTEMBER, Veronica Thobeka, MA (UFS), in Creative

Writing, in the School of Languages and Literatures. Degree by

coursework and thesis. Thesis: UMalaleveva Namanye Amabali.

NGANTWENI, Xolelwa, BAHons (Rhodes), in Psychology, in the

Department of Psychology. Degree by thesis. Thesis: A mixed methods

investigation of students’ attitudes towards statistics and quantitative

research methods: a focus on postgraduate psychology students at a

South African university.

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NGUBELANGA, Xolisa Casius, in Creative Writing, in the School of

Languages and Literatures. Degree by coursework and thesis. Thesis:

Hybrid fiction: hope in a small town.

NTISANA, Thulani, BSocSciHons (Rhodes), in Development Studies,

in the Department of Sociology. Degree by coursework and thesis.

Thesis: Re-adjustment of masculinities and sexualities amongst first

year male students at Rhodes University in the wake of the residence

consent talks programme.

NUEN, Tinika King, BAHons (Rhodes), in English, in the Department

of Literary Studies in English. Degree by thesis. Thesis: Resisting the

trope of the ‘native informant’ in African diasporic identities.

ORSMOND, Joseph Granger, PGCert (Education) (Rhodes), in

Creative Writing, in the School of Languages and Literatures. Degree

by coursework and thesis. Thesis: Commonplaces.

PARKER, Jemima Dawn, BAHons (Rhodes), in Political &

International Studies, with distinction, in the Department of Political

and International Studies. Degree by thesis. Thesis: Understanding

resistance to xenophobia in South Africa through the notion that

‘people think’ and the possibility of alternative politics.

PERROS, Robyn Helen, BJourn (Rhodes), in Creative Writing, with

distinction, in the School of Languages and Literatures. Degree by

coursework and thesis. Thesis: The weight of a tooth.

PHALA, Phorogohlo Modipadi, BAHons (UNISA), in Counselling

Psychology, in the Department of Psychology. Degree by coursework

and thesis. Thesis: Exploring career information through developmental

contextual focus groups with youth from disadvantaged backgrounds.

PHIRI, Bokang, BAHons (Rhodes), in Development Studies, in the

Department of Sociology. Degree by coursework and thesis.

Thesis: An analysis of self-help agricultural projects in Rothe Village,

Lesotho.

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PHIRI, Molela Calvin Shane, BAHons (Rhodes), in Development

Studies, in the Department of Sociology. Degree by coursework and

thesis. Thesis: An appraisal and critique of land redistribution

approaches in South Africa.

QOZA, Phiwokazi, BSocSciHons (Rhodes), in Political & International

Studies, in the Department of Political and International Studies.

Degree by coursework and thesis. Thesis: Choreographies of protest

performance as recruitment to activism and the movement of perception

during the re-emergence of student activism at Rhodes University.

QWESHA, Mziwonke Seun, BA (WSU), in Creative Writing, in the

School of Languages and Literatures. Degree by coursework and thesis.

Thesis: Umdlalo kaNomathotholo: Kwakhe Kwanje Phi Na?

RASMENI, Nonqubela Evelyn, in Creative Writing, with distinction,

in the School of Languages and Literatures. Degree by coursework and

thesis. Thesis: Ingqokelela yeentsomi-mabali.

REICHLING, Marcelle Antoinette, BAHons (Rhodes), in Psychology,

with distinction, in the Department of Psychology. Degree by thesis.

Thesis: A five year comparative analysis of annual baseline

neurocognitive test scores for South African high school athletes.

REYNEKE, Brendon George, BJourn (Rhodes), in Journalism & Media

Studies, with distinction, in the School of Journalism and Media

Studies. Degree by coursework and thesis. Thesis: An ideological

analysis of the construction of masculinity in the South African

superhero comic book, Kwezi.

RIST, Duncan Graham, BSocSciHons (Rhodes), in Political &

International Studies, in the Department of Political and International

Studies. Degree by coursework and thesis. Thesis: The Islamic Bloc at

the United Nations Human Rights Council.

SEALY-FISHER, Kay Tibeta, BAHons (Rhodes), in Psychology, in the

Department of Psychology. Degree by thesis. Thesis: A systematic

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review of the efficacy of internet – based interventions for depression

and anxiety disorders: the possibilities and limitations for feasibility

within South Africa.

SIMELANE, Smangaliso Thulani, BScHons (Rhodes), in English, in

the Department of Literary Studies in English. Degree by thesis. Thesis:

Power in Africa: an analysis of power in selected African dystopian

fiction.

SINGH, Shareen, BA (UNISA), in Creative Writing, with distinction,

in the School of Languages and Literatures. Degree by coursework and

thesis. Thesis: Crossing shades.

SITHOLE, Lucas Sipho, MBA (NWU), in Creative Writing, with

distinction, in the School of Languages and Literatures. Degree by

coursework and thesis. Thesis: Either way, you die: a collection of short

stories.

SOJINI, Lungile, in Creative Writing, with distinction, in the School

of Languages and Literatures. Degree by coursework and thesis. Thesis:

My crazy character.

TALJAARD, Izelle, BJourn (Rhodes), in Journalism & Media Studies,

in the School of Journalism and Media Studies. Degree by coursework

and thesis. Thesis: Don’t read the comments: an exploration into young

women’s experiences of the discussion of women’s bodies in the

comment sections on Instagram.

TRANTRAAL, Nathan, in Creative Writing, with distinction, in the

School of Languages and Literatures. Degree by thesis. Thesis: DISCO

TWIJNSTRA, Philisiwe Prudence, in Creative Writing, in the School

of Languages and Literatures. Degree by coursework and thesis. Thesis:

Flying cows & other traumas.

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WAMBUA, Lloyd Mutunga, BAHons (Rhodes), in Sociology, in the

Department of Sociology. Degree by coursework and thesis. Thesis: A

study of black African academics’ experiences at Rhodes University.

WEIFFENBACH, Michaela Susan, BAHons (Rhodes), in Philosophy,

in the Department of Philosophy. Degree by coursework and thesis.

Thesis: Does the construction of rape-able bodies constitute an instance

of hermeneutical injustice?

WILKEN, Chelsey, BAHons (Rhodes), in English, with distinction, in

the Department of Literary Studies in English. Degree by thesis. Thesis:

Womxn like me are made: Politics and poetics in Claudia Rankine's

Citizen and Koleka Putuma's Amnesia.

YATES, Sarah Meridy, BAHons (Rhodes), in English, with

distinction, in the Department of Literary Studies in English. Degree

by thesis. Thesis: Navigating blackness in the African diaspora.

YENDALL, Kaitlin Amy, BSocSciHons (Rhodes), in Counselling

Psychology, in the Department of Psychology. Degree by coursework

and thesis. Thesis: Learning about volunteering: An exploration of

literacy volunteers’ experiences.

ZHANG, Lifang, MA (Peking University), in Art History, with

distinction, in the Department of Fine Art. Degree by thesis.

Thesis: Visualising Chinese Presence: An analysis of the contemporary

arts of Zambia and Zimbabwe.

DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

ARMSTRONG, Imomotimi, MA (Ibadan), in African Languages, in

the School of Languages and Literatures. Degree by thesis. Thesis:

Performance, functionalism and form in Izon Oral Poetry.

Supervisor: Professor RH Kaschula. Co-supervisor: Dr H Kunju.

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BELLO, Umar, MA (Birmingham City), in English Language &

Linguistics, in the Department of English Language and Linguistics.

Degree by thesis. Thesis: How to do things with speeches: a critical

discourse analysis of military coup texts in Nigeria.

Supervisor: Professor SA Hunt.

BEZUIDENHOUT, Guillaume Jakobus Wolfaardt, MA (Rhodes), in

History, in the Department of History. Degree by thesis.

Thesis: History on trial: a study of the Salem commonage land claim.

Supervisor: Professor GF Baines.

BOSMAN, Sean James, MA (Rhodes), in English, in the Department of

Literary Studies in English. Degree by thesis. Thesis: Between

nationalism and transnationalism: ostracism of transnationals from their

diaspora spaces in selected South Asian, Latin American, and African

transnational fiction. Supervisor: Professor S Naidu.

DOCRAT, Zakeera, MA (Rhodes), in African Languages, in the School

of Languages and Literatures. Degree by thesis. Thesis: A critique of

the language of record in South African courts in relation to selected

university language policies. Supervisor: Professor RH Kaschula.

MADOLO, Yolisa, MA (NMMU), in African Languages, in the School

of Languages and Literatures. Degree by thesis. Thesis: Uphicotho

lweencwadi zabantwana ezikhethiweyo eziguqulelelwe esiXhoseni

(Critical Analysis of Selected Translated isiXhosa Children’s Books).

Supervisor: Professor R Kaschula. Co-supervisor: Dr MW Jadezweni.

MADZIVIRE, Shamiso Christine, MA (Wits), in Sociology, in the

Department of Sociology. Degree by thesis. Thesis: A sociological

understanding of contemporary child marriage in Mabvuku, Harare,

Zimbabwe. Supervisor: Professor KD Helliker.

MBUDE, Beryl Ntombizanele, MA (Rhodes), in African Languages, in

the School of Languages and Literatures. Degree by thesis. Thesis:

IsiXhosa as the language of teaching and learning mathematics in grade

six: Investigating the mother tongue based bilingual education

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mathematics pilot in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Supervisor:

Professor RH Kaschula.

MTOLO, Siyathokoza, MA (Rhodes), in Political & International

Studies, in the Department of Political and International Studies.

Degree by thesis. Thesis: Walking at the intersection of Seamon’s place

ballet and Relph’s insideness: Understanding how students experience

the university as a place through their everyday habitual walking.

Supervisor: Professor LD Vincent.

MUSHONGA, Allan, MA (Rhodes), in Sociology, in the Department

of Sociology. Degree by thesis. Thesis: ‘Being Regional’: An analysis

of the conceptualisation, operations and embeddedness of regional non-

governmental organisations responding to HIV and AIDS in Southern

Africa. Supervisor: Professor KD Helliker.

NCIIZAH, Elinah, MA (Midlands State), in Sociology, in the

Department of Sociology. Degree by thesis. Thesis: Climate change and

rural livelihoods in Zimbabwe: adaptation by communal farmers in the

Chivi district. Supervisor: Professor KD Helliker.

NDLOVU, Nonhlanhla, MA (Rhodes), in Journalism & Media Studies,

in the School of Journalism and Media Studies. Degree by thesis.

Thesis: Zimbabwean women online – an investigation of how gendered

identities are negotiated in Zimbabwean women’s online spaces.

Supervisor: Professor J Prinsloo.

NOSILELA, Bulelwa Balise, MA (Stell), in African Languages, in the

School of Languages and Literatures. Degree by thesis. Thesis:

Making South African Tertiary Education Multilingual: The

implementation, monitoring and evaluation of SANTED

multilingualism projects 2007-2010. Supervisor: Professor RH

Kaschula. Co-supervisor: Professor P Maseko.

PRAEG, Juanita, MA (Rhodes), in Drama, in the Department of

Drama. Degree by thesis. Thesis: The political promise of

choreography in performance and/as research: First Physical Theatre

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Company's manifesto and repertory, 1993 – 2015. Supervisor:

Professor GE Gordon. Co-supervisor: Professor K Katrak.

QANGULE, Lumka Sybil, MA (NMMU), in Psychology, in the

Department of Psychology. Degree by thesis. Thesis: An investigation

of the experiences of psychotherapists regarding Ubuntu in their

psychotherapy practice: an interpretative phenomenological analysis

approach. Supervisor: Professor JE Akhurst.

SWEENEY, Siobhan Sarah-Ann Kinahan, MA (Rhodes), in

Psychology, in the Department of Psychology. Degree by thesis.

Thesis: The precarious position of the ‘good mother’: A psychosocial

study of maternal subjectivity of 'working mothers' in South Africa.

Supervisor: Professor L Saville Young.

VAN DER NEST, Megan, MA (Philosophy), MA (Creative Writing)

(Rhodes), in English, in the Department of Literary Studies in English.

Degree by thesis. Thesis: Sherlock Holmes fanfiction and freedom of

the imaginary domain. Supervisor: Professor S Naidu.

VAN ZYL, Kylie, MA (Rhodes), in History, in the Department of

History. Degree by thesis. Thesis: “A position of great trust and

responsibility”: A social history of the Grahamstown asylum, 1875 –

1905. Supervisor: Professor GF Baines. Co-supervisor: Dr CZ

Tsampiras.

WYRILL, Beth Alexandra, MA (Rhodes), in English, in the

Department of Literary Studies in English. Degree by thesis. Thesis:

The archival turn: rereading the Guy Butler collection in the National

English Literary Museum. Supervisor: Professor DC Klopper.

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What is graduation?

Graduation is a time of enormous celebration for students and their families. It is a time to revel

in a sense of achievement, to take photographs and store memories, to applaud and, of course,

to dress up with the dignity that the ceremony deserves.

Graduating students traditionally wear an academic gown that marks them as ‘special’ and

different to others attending the ceremonies. They walk across the stage, kneel before the

Chancellor, who then taps them on the head with a ceremonial hat, before proceeding to the

Registrar who ‘hoods’ them according to the degree they have earned.

For many attending the graduation ceremonies, a key question is what all this ceremony and

procedure, much of which originated in Europe hundreds of years ago, actually mean in

contemporary South Africa. One way to answer this question is to focus on the graduates

themselves. As students walk across the stage today, they are not the same people they were

who enrolled in the University three, four or more years ago. If the University has done its job

well, they are completely different people.

The graduate looks at the world with an entirely different set of eyes. They now look for evidence

for what is stated and to contest anything that does not appear to them to be valid or fair on the

basis of the evidence presented.

At a university like Rhodes, graduates have also been trained to look through the lenses of theory.

Theory is exactly like the lenses in a pair of spectacles. It allows us to see things we would not

see without the spectacles, or to see things differently. Because theory allows us to see things we

would not normally see, it allows us to imagine a world which does not yet exist, a world

transformed from the one we currently inhabit. These are valuable attributes in the workplace and

this is why graduates are highly sought after. They are especially important, however, in a

fledgling democracy like ours.

As graduates walk across the stage today and participate in rituals which do not have their roots

in African soil, one way to understand the proceedings is to see them as signifying an identity

shift. Much as the way young men in some cultures, for example, may wear new clothes after

an initiation ceremony, the wearing of an academic gown symbolises a shift in who the

graduates have become. This shift is recognised by the Chancellor who taps them on the head

and by the Registrar who places the hood over their shoulders. The Deans, academics, together

with the entire University community, look on - celebrating and acknowledging our students’

achievements.

Enjoy the ceremony today, but, more importantly, remember its significance in the lives of our

young graduates and, indeed, in the history of our country.

Amended: A contribution by Dr Chrissie Boughey – Deputy Vice Chancellor Academic and

Student Affairs - Rhodes University.

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Yintoni uthweso-zidanga?

Uthweso-zidanga lixesha lobhiyozo elikhulu kubafundi neentsapho zabo. Lixesha lokugcoloda

nokuchulumancela impumelelo, ukuthatha imifanekiso nokugcina iinkumbulo, ukuqhwabela

izandla, yaye ngokuqinisekileyo, lixesha lokunxiba ngesizotha esifanele lo mnyhadala.

Kulisiko ukuba abafundi abathweswa izidanga banxibe izidanga zabo ezibaphawula

‘njengabakhethekileyo’ nabohlukileyo kwabanye abantu abazimase umnyhadala. Bahamba

eqongeni, baguqe phambi kweNgqonyela, iye ibathwese indwe, phambi kokuba badlulele

kuMabhalane-jikelele weYunivesithi oye ‘abafake umxwayo’, ohambelana nesidanga

abasithwesiweyo.

Kuninzi lwabo bazimase iminyhadala yothweso-zidanga, umbuzo ophambili ngowokuba lo

mnyhadala, inkoliso yawo esusela eYurophu kumakhulu ngamakhulu eminyaka eyadlulayo,

ingaba uthetha ntoni kuMzantsi Afrika wale mihla. Enye indlela yokuphendula lo mbuzo

kukugxila kwabathweswa izidanga. Njengoko abafundi behamba kwiqonga namhlanje,

abasengabo aba bantu babengabo mhla babebhalisela ukufunda kule Yunivesithi kwiminyaka

emithathu, emine okanye engaphezulu eyadlulayo. Ukuba iYunivesithi iwenze ngokuphume

izandla umsebenzi wayo, bangabantu abohlukileyo kwaphela.

Lowo uthweswa isidanga ulibona ihlabathi ngamehlo ohlukileyo. Ngoku ukhangela ubungqina

boko kuthethwayo aze aphikise nayiphi na into ebonakala ingenasihlahla kuye okanye

enetyheneba ngokuphathelele kubungqina obunikezelweyo.

Kwiyunivesithi efana neRhodes, abo bathweswa izidanga bakwaqeqeshwe ukuba bajonge

izinto ngamehlo enkcazo-bungcali(theory). Inkcazo-bungcali ifana nqwa neelensi

kwiintanyongo. Isinceda ukuba sibone izinto ebesingenakho ukukwazi ukuzibona ngaphandle

kweentanyongo, okanye sibone izinto ngendlela eyahlukileyo. Kuba inkcazo-bungcali

isincedisa ukuba sibone izinto ebesingenakho ukukwazi ukuzibona, isinceda ukuba sibe

nomfanekiso-ngqondweni wehlabathi elingekabikho, ihlabathi eliguquke kakhulu kwelo siphila

kulo ngoku. Ezi zizidingo ezixabisekileyo kwindawo yokuxelengela yaye kungoko abo

bathweswa izidanga belangazelelwa. Babaluleke ngokukhethekileyo, ingakumbi kulawulo

lwentando yesininzi efana neyethu esakhulayo.

Njengoko abo bathweswa izidanga behamba kwiqonga namhlanje yaye bethatha inxaxheba

kwizithethe ezingenangcambu ezikumhlaba waseAfrika, enye yeendlela zokubona ukuqhutywa

kwalo mnyhadala kukubonisa inguqu ngokobuni. Oku kuyafana nokuba kwezinye iinkcubeko,

umzekelo, amatyendyana anganxiba iimpahla ezintsha emva kolwaluko. Ukunxitywa

kwesidanga kuphawula inguqu ekubeni lowo uthweswa isidanga uye abe ngubani na. Le nguqu

iye iqinisekiswe yiNgqonyela eye ibabethe entloko noMabhala-jikelele weYunivesithi oye

abaxakathise. Iintloko zamasebe, iimfundimanekunye nalo lonke uluntu lweYunivesithi,

bayabukela – bebhiyozela bekwaqaphela impumelelo yabafundi bethu.

Yonwabela umnyhadala namhlanje, kodwa ngokubaluleke ngakumbi, khumbula ukubaluleka

kwawo kumlisela nomthinjana wethu othweswa izidanga, yaye nangokwenene, ukubaluleka

kwawo kwimbali yelizwe lethu.

Ilungiselelwe nguNjingalwazi uChrissie Boughey – Owayesakuba nguSekela Ngqonyela

weMicimbi yezeMfundo neyaBafundi – eRhodes University.

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Wat is ’n gradeplegtigheid?

’n Gradeplegtigheid is ’n tyd van feesvieringe vir studente en hulle families. Dit is ’n tyd

waarin prestasie gevier, foto’s geneem en herinneringe gemaak word. Dis ’n tyd vir applous en

natuurlik om aan te trek na gelang van die waardigheid wat die seremonie verdien.

Studente wat gradueer dra tradisioneel ’n akademiese toga wat hulle uitwys as ‘spesiaal’ en

anders as ander mense wat die seremonie bywoon. Hulle loop oor die verhoog, kniel voor die

Kanselier, wat hulle dan met ’n seremoniële hoed op die kop tik voor hulle aanbeweeg na die

Registrateur wat vir hulle ’n ‘kap opsit’ volgens die graad wat hulle verwerf het.

Vir baie mense wat die gradeplegtigheid bywoon, is daar ’n sleutelvraag rondom wat al hierdie

seremonie en prosedures, waarvan die oorsprong honderde jare gelede meerendeels in Europa

ontstaan het, in kontemporêre Suid-Afrika sou beteken. Een manier om die vraag te beantwoord

is om te fokus op die gegradueerde self. Soos studente vandag oor die verhoog stap, is hulle nie

dieselfde mense wat drie of vier jaar gelede by die Universiteit ingeskryf het nie. As die

Universiteit hulle werk goed gedoen het, is hulle geheel en al ander mense.

Die gegradueerde kyk met ’n nuwe paar oë na die wêreld. Hulle soek nou vir bewyse vir dit wat

gestel word en bestry enige iets wat nie vir hulle geldig of regverdigbaar is volgens die bewyse

wat aangebied word nie.

By ’n universiteit soos Rhodes, is gegradueerdes ook opgelei om deur die lens van teorie te

kyk. Teorie werk presies soos die lense van ’n bril. Dit skep die geleentheid om dinge te sien

wat ons nie sonder die bril sou kon sien nie; of om dinge anders te sien. Aangesien teorie ons

die kans gun om dinge te sien wat ons andersins nie sou kon sien nie, gee dit ons ook die

geleentheid om ’n wêreld te verbeel wat nog nie bestaan nie, ’n wêreld wat getransformeer het

van die een waarin ons op die oomblik woon. Dit is waardevolle eienskappe in die werkplek en

dit is waarom gegradueerdes gesog is. Hulle is veral belangrik in ’n jong demokrasie soos ons

eie.

Soos wat gegradueerdes vandag oor die verhoog stap en deelneem aan rituele wat nie hulle

wortels in Afrika-grond het nie, is een manier om hierdie verrigtinge te begryp om dit te sien as

’n verskuiwing in identiteit. Op dieselfde manier waarop jong mans in sommige kulture nuwe

klere ná ’n inisiasie-seremonie sou dra, simboliseer die dra van ’n toga ’n verskuiwing in die

persoon wat die gegradueerde nou geword het. Hierdie verskuiwing word erken deur die

Kanselier wat hulle op die kop tik en die Registrateur wat die kap oor hulle skouers plaas. Die

Dekane en akademici, saam met die hele Universiteitsgemeenskap, aanskou dit – ter viering en

erkenning van ons studente se prestasies.

Geniet vandag se seremonie, maar – belangriker nog – erken die uitsonderlike belang daarvan

in die lewens van ons jong gegradueerdes en, inderdaad, in die geskiedenis van ons land.

Gewysig: ’n Bydra deur Emeritus Professor Chrissie Boughey – Voormalige Adjunk

Visiekanselier van Akademie- en Studentesake – Rhodes Universiteit.